Once I started on 'Frances' I discovered it was literally a bottomless well. It devastated me to maintain that for eighteen weeks, to be immersed in this state of rage for twelve to eighteen hours a day. It spilled all over, into other areas of my life.

I am coming to the end of acting. I have a list: another stage production, maybe one or two more movies, one more season of American Horror Story. . . and then that is it for me. Because I think that's enough. I want to go out with a bang. . . or should I say, a scare?

I do love acting. But to work as a photojournalist would have been extraordinary.

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story.

Yes, and you should question your government.

Allow the diversity to exist. There is nothing wrong with it. Hell, we put up with the religious right-we can put up with transgendered human beings.

I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18.